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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEicE.

FRANK J. SOHLEICHER, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO THE ST. LOUIS PAPER BOX COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part 0f Letters Patent N0. 602,775, dated .April 19, 1898.

Applicationled August 28, 1897. Serial-No. 649,818. (No model.)

T0 @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK J. SCHLEICHER, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Cans, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in cans; and it consists, brieiiy stated, in a canbody constructed of paper, such as strawboard, and provided with a projecting neck adapted to receive a cap that forms a closure for said neck.

My invention further consists in features of novelty hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claim.

Figure I is a side view of a can constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. II is an edge view. Fig. III is a sectional View of the upper and lower portions of the can, the section being taken on the line III III, Fig. IV. Fig. IV is a top view. Fig. V is a view of the screw-cap. Fig. VI is a sectional view View of a modified form of neck and cap.

The prime object of my invention is the production of a can of an inexpensive structure owing to the employment of a material of much less cost than the materials, such as metals, heretofore employed in the manufacture of cans.

A can constructed in accordance with my invention while being less expensive of production contains the essential features of cans heretofore made of more expensive materials, being both strong and durable.

l designates the body of the can, which is of paper, such as strawboard. On the interior of the body is a lining 2, also of paper, that rests upon the bottom of the can-body and extends to a point j us't beneath the upper end of the body, its upper edge forming a shoulder 3.

4 designates the can-top, which is composed 45 5. The neck is preferably of metal, such as tin, and is preferably provided with a screwthread 8a, adapted to receive a corresponding threaded cap l2.

In Fig. VI, I have shown a modified form of the can-neck, in which the rim 9a has a plain surface and receives a slip-cap 12a.

The entire can is preferably covered with thin paper, which may be the label, denoting the contents of the can.

For the purpose of rendering the can impervious it may be coated on the interior with a liquid-proof solution.

I claim as my invention- A can the body of which is composed of paper, a lining within said body, a top composed of two sheets joined together, a neck projecting from said can-top, said neck having a flange secured between the sheets forming said top and said flange having lips struck therefrom and bent upwardly and outwardly against the uppermost of said top sheets, for the purpose of securing said neck in position, substantially as described.

FRANK J. SOHLEICl-IER.

In presence of- E. S. KNIGHT, STANLEY STONEE. 

